The Odyssey

Question 1

Odysseus’ Son

Answer 1

Telemachus

Question 2

Odysseus’ Wife

Answer 2

Penelope

Question 3

God that most strongly supports Odysseus

Answer 3

Athena

Question 4

Telemachus visits ___ and ____ in search of his father

Answer 4

Pylos (Nestor) and Sparta (Menelaus)

Question 5

Nymph that has Odysseus trapped on Ogygia

Answer 5

Calypso

Question 6

Plots against Telemachus; lead suitor

Answer 6

Antinous

Question 7

Poseidon torments Odysseus because _____

Answer 7

He blinded the Cyclops Polyphemus

Question 8

After escaping Calypso, Odysseus lands here

Answer 8

Scheria, home of the Phaeacians

Question 9

Finds Odysseus in Scheria

Answer 9

Nausicaa

Question 10

Odysseus passes Penelope’s test by

Answer 10

Stringing his bow and shooting an arrow through 12 axes

Question 11

Eumaeus

Answer 11

Swineherd in Ithaca who receives Odysseus

Question 12

Odysseus is king of

Answer 12

Ithaca

Question 13

Odysseus’ father

Answer 13

Laertes

Question 14

Circe

Answer 14

Beautiful witch goddess, turns Odysseus men to swine and lives with him for a year.

Question 15

Alcinous

Answer 15

King of the Phaeacians

Question 16

Kleos and Nostos

Answer 16

Glory of deeds and homecoming

Question 17

Brings wrath of Athena on Achaean fleet

Answer 17

Lesser Ajax’s rape of Cassandra

Question 18

Odysseus and Penelope’s wedding bed

Answer 18

Built around trunk of olive tree

Question 19

Odysseus tells Polyphemus his name is

Answer 19

Nobody

Question 20

Aeolus

Answer 20

Gives Odysseus the winds

Question 21

Laestrygonians

Answer 21

Giants that sink Odysseus’ ships with boulders

Question 22

Odysseus navigates between

Answer 22

Scylla and Charybdis

Question 23

Odysseus listens to the Sirens while his crew

Answer 23

Lash him to the mast and plug their ears with beeswax

Question 24

Lotus eaters

Answer 24

Eat lotus flower, stop caring for home